The birth of a new day (metaphor and simile)
Smith happened to meet many mornings in the country of Faery, but there was one which had been imprinted in his memory the most vividly. When “the dawn came”, far away he “heard the dawn-song of the birds beginning, growing as it came towards him, until it rushed over him”, filling all the land round the house, and “passed on like a wave of music”, as “the sun rose above the rim of the world”. Having used both metaphor and simile, the author manages to reproduce an atmosphere of magical beauty, which is metaphorically presented by the birth of a new day.
Smith the master (simile)
Smith proved to be a skillful craftsman, as the objects he made of iron were “strong and lasting”, but at the same time they ”had a grace about them, being shapely in their kinds, good to handle and to look at”. His works “looked as light and delicate as a spray of leaves and blossom”, but “kept the stern strength of iron”, or seemed even stronger.
At the desolate shore (simile)
Smith had witnessed different wonders during his visits to Faery. These were woods, mountains, fairy creatures, and other things. One of the Faery miracles was the Sea of Windless Storm, which “blue waves like snow hills roll silently out of Unlight to the long strand”, and “the waters fell back in foam without a sound”.
The Tree (metaphor)
Another Faery wonder was the Tree, which Smith witnesses with a feeling of terror. Once in these wanderings “he was overtaken by a grey mist and strayed long at a loss”, until the “mist rolled away” and Smith was “a wide plain”. Far off there was “a great hill of shadow, and out of that shadow, which was its root, he saw the King's Tree springing up, tower upon tower, into the sky”, and “its light was like the sun at noon”. The Tree “bore at once leaves and flowers and fruits uncounted, and not one was the same as any other that grew on the Tree”.
The wild Wind (simile)
Once, Smith was captured by the wild Wind, which “roaring like a great beast” swept him up and hung him on the shore, and it drove him up the slopes “whirling and falling like a dead leaf”.
